2008 Presidential Election Thread

gs78 wrote:

Obama's doll should be taller


He is like 6 foot 6 or something

The dolls suggest Palin is taller than Obama

Less than four days to go

One day Left to go

Obama and McCain will be interviewed on Monday Night Football during Halftime tonight

Odds on the election (odds courtesy of betus.com):

Obama: -1000
McCain: +500
Other: +100000
(In other words, bet $1000 to win $100 on Obama, bet $100 to win $500 on McCain)


Electoral votes for Obama:
<150: +10000
151-200: +4000
201-250: +2000
251-300: +600
301-350: +120
>351: -175

I hope Jeb Bush runs in 2012


If America is still a country by then

www.betus.com has Jeb as a long shot for 2012. There's a whole bunch of Republicans (and Democrats) with better odds than Jeb including Sarah Palin :puke2:

Good news Republican fans...If Palin or Huckabee runs in 2012 I will vote Republican in the primaries.....I'll vote for whoever is running against them.

By this time tomorrow we should know who our new President will be.

Too bad it won't be Ron Paul

Please vote, but please investigate the candidates records, not just what they "say" they will do. As my great grandfather said... "Politicians will say ANYTHING to try to get elected. That does not mean they believe what the say!"

2008 Presidential candidates:

Presidential candidate/
running Mate _________________Party__________________________Campaign site

Gene Amondson/Leroy Pletten	Prohibition	geneamondson.com
Chuck Baldwin/Darrell Castle (campaign)	Constitution, Kansas Reform, Virginia Independent Green	baldwin2008.com
Bob Barr/Wayne Allyn Root (campaign)	Libertarian	bobbarr2008.com
Róger Calero/Alyson Kennedy	Socialist Workers	themilitant.com
Charles Jay/Thomas L. Knapp	Boston Tea	CJ08.com
Alan Keyes/Brian Rohrbough (campaign)	Independent, America's Independent	alankeyes.com
Gloria La Riva/Eugene Puryear	Socialism & Liberation	votepsl.org
John McCain/Sarah Palin (campaign)	Republican, New York Independence, New York Conservative	johnmccain.com
Cynthia McKinney/Rosa Clemente (campaign)	Green	votetruth08.com
Brian Moore/Stewart Alexander	Socialist, Vermont Liberty Union	votesocialist2008.org
Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzalez (campaign)	Independent, Independence-Ecology[5], Peace and Freedom, Michigan Natural Law, Delaware Independent, Oregon Peace, New York Populist[6]	votenader.org
Barack Obama/Joe Biden (campaign)	Democratic, South Carolina United Citizens, New York Working Families[7]	barackobama.com
Thomas Stevens/Alden Link	Objectivist	objectivistparty.us
Ted Weill/Frank McEnulty	Reform	reformpartyusa.org

Ron Paul is on the ballot in Louisiana with Barry Goldwater, Jr. on the Louisiana Taxpayers Party ticket[1] and in Montana with Michael Peroutka on the Constitution Party of Montana ticket, even though the latter is associated with the national Constitution Party.[2] Paul's supporters also qualified him to receive write-in votes in California. Paul is no longer actively running for president and asked to be removed from the ballot. His request was denied by the Montana Secretary of State, because the request was sent to him too late.[3] On September 22, 2008, Paul announced his support for Chuck Baldwin of the Constitution Party.[4]

From WIKI.

I voted for Ron Paul as a write in



Shame on Michigan for not having him on the ballot.

No Communists this year? No wonder King of the Hill didn't have an episode with Luanne registering as a Communist.

Election Rally: History Suggests Democrats Better for Stocks

The stock market was rallying strongly midday, on track for its biggest election day rally since 1984, Bloomberg reports.

As the market continues its week-long advance, some argue this is evidence of the market warming up to a likely Obama Presidency, while others claim it's merely a snapback from deeply oversold conditions probably.

The answer is probably some combination of the two but, regardless of where you sit on the political spectrum, history shows the stock market fares better under Democratic Presidents vs. their Republican counterparts.

* Since 1901, the S&P rose an average 7.2% under Democratic presidents vs. 3.2% under Republicans, according to Ned Davis Research.
* Out of the 10 years of negative stocks performance since 1970, 7 occurred during a Republican-controlled White House versus three under Democrat control, according to Ashraf Laidi of CMC Markets U.S.
* In the last seven periods when Democrats had complete control of U.S. political power, the S&P 500 rose 14.7% percent on average, according to Bespoke Investment Group.
In the eight times a Republican was president and Democrats controlled Congress, the benchmark index rose 7.4%.
* Still, the notion that "gridlock is good" is also borne out, at least in relatively recent history. Of the 28 years of positive stock performance since 1970, 19 occurred during partisan control between the White House and Congress, according to Laidi.

Just some stats (vs. opinions) to keep in mind as you go to the polls and watch the election returns tonight. That said, it's fair to say the current economic environment "really is different" than past election cycles.

Here's a fun video that doesn't really have much to do with anything other than The Simpsons....